Monday, April 29, 2013

Cool Links to Follow

I added a new link to Cool Links to Follow. Sister Barb and I both are crazy about the website Craftsy.com. We both have taken classes on line. THe neat think about that is once you pay for a class, you always have access to it. I recently purchased "Machine Quilting" with Wendy Butler Burns. She makes machine quilting seem so much easier and has given priceless advice on how to assemble your quilt top with backing and batting. In the past I have always used spray adhesive but this time I'm going to do it her way and see which one I like best. I never did the stitch in the ditch because I just could not stay in the ditch. I practiced with the invisible thread like she suggested and even bought a stitch in the ditch foot for my machine. Now my stitch in the ditch looks great. She uses the stitch in the ditch to stabilize the quilt, then you remove the pins and do your special quilting. You take your quilt and divide it into 4 sections that you stitch in the ditch, the work on one section at a time for you quilting designs. There are so many thinks of interest on this sight, I just needed to share it with you. If you know of a cool link to add, please let me know so I can add it to our blog. Please feel free to sign into our blogspot and add your own post, pictures or cool link to follow. As always, happy quilting!

1 comment:

Country Quilter Susan said...

I'm going to check the class out on machine quilting... enjoy your logs sis...